6/23/2014 - The United States Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated ruling in the Halliburton Co. v. Erica P. John Fund, Inc. securities class action. In a victory for investors, the Court rejected a direct challenge to the “fraud-on-the-market” theory, which has been a lynchpin of securities fraud class action litigation for almost 30 years. In 1988, the Supreme Court held in Basic v.

6/19/2014 - Following the extensive work that BR&B and its co-counsel have done on behalf of Cheniere Energy shareholders, the Delaware Court of Chancery approved appointment of BR&B as one of the co-lead counsel for the lawsuits against Cheniere Energy, certain of its senior executives and its board members. BR&B’s work on behalf of shareholders included an extensive investigation into the circumstances of the awards of millions of shares of Cheniere stock to company executives, board members and consultants, and the May 29, 2014 filing of a complaint challenging those stock awards a

6/18/2014 - BR&B announces that the Honorable Rebecca J. Pallmeyer, of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, has signed an order permitting a supplemental distribution to claimants of recently-recovered funds in a 1998 class action on behalf of investors in the common stock of The Quaker Oats Company that settled in 2001 for $9.9 million. Prior distributions were made in 2003 and 2006. The current distribution is being made as a result of the successful prosecution of Alvin J. Bosgang by the U.S.

6/2/2014 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces that the class and derivative lawsuit it filed in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on behalf of the public stockholders of Cheniere Energy, Inc.

5/29/2014 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces that it has filed a class and derivative lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on behalf of the public stockholders of Cheniere Energy, Inc.

4/10/2014 - The Honorable Berle M. Schiller has appointed an institutional investor group including BR&B clients as lead plaintiff and has appointed BR&B as co-lead counsel in West Palm Beach Police Pension Fund v. DFC Global Corp., et al., Case No. 13-cv-6731, pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Click here for a copy of Judge Schiller’s opinion.

4/4/2014 - Barrack, Rodos & Bacine announces that it has filed a class action lawsuit in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware on behalf of the public stockholders of Schawk, Inc. against the company’s board of directors and controlling shareholders for breaches of fiduciary duties arising out of the sale of Schawk to Matthews International Corp.